Spring-wire catch.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

R. F.' GORNEIL.

SPRING WIRE CATCH.

mi fname vIO UNITED STATES Patented June 2*?, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

ROBERT F. CORNEIL, OF PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE,- FOURTI-ITO JOHN CHARLES MCLEOI), OF PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA.

SPRING-WIRE CATCH..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,625, dated June 27,1905.

Application filed November 13, 1903. Renewed May 8, 1905. Serial No.259,433.

To all whom, it 'mn/y crm/cern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT F. CORNEIL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philipsburg, in the county of Granite and State of Montana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-fireCatches; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an article adaptedfor the toilet or dressing table to take the place of the ordinary pinfor draping ladies dresses or skirts and for like purposes for which thedomestic pin may be used; and it consists of a catch constructed of [inespring-wire, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a spring-wire catchembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a modification thereof; Fig. 3, a Viewshowing the catch in use upon a piece of fabric.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent the two arms of the catchwith a coil a at the juncture or apex of the angle formed by said arms,as indicated at fc, the free ends of the arms having inwardly-extendingspurs 7) at au angle thereto. To increase the resiliency of the two armsA B, it is preferred to form each arm with a coil, as above described;but should the catch be constructed of wire of the necessarj7 resiliencythe coils may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 2 of the draw- Afragment of cloth is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings as the catch shownas holding the folds together, and in catching up a skirt or dress onehand only is required to engage the spur of one of the arms in thefabric, then raising' the skirt or dress and engaging the spur of theopposite arm. The spring action or resiliency of the arms will hold thespurs in engagement with the fabric, and when desired to remove thecatch the spur on one of the arms is first disengaged, after which thespur on the opposite arm may be detached and the catch removed.

The several views of the drawings represent the catch on a very enlargedscale, the wire shown being several times the thickness of the catchconstructed for use, as it is the purpose to have the catch of as finewire as possible and extremely small, so that the catch will bepractically invisible when upon the garment.

There being no projections upon either side of the arms at the junctureor apex thereof, there will be nothing upon which the dress or othergarment could catch or tear, and the catch being free from projectionsof any character extending from the juncture or apex of the arms, asabove described, the catch after being engaged with the fabric can beturned down flat against or between the folds and concealed thereby,this feature of the invention being considered of great importance whenused as an article for draping dresses, skirts, or other garments.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A catch comprising two spring-actuated arms connected at one end at anacute angle with each other, and each having at its free end and in thesame plane therewith a prong at an angle to said arm, the catch havingno projection outwardly beyond the plane of either arm and prong,thereby enabling the catch to be brought down fiat against the fabric,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT F. CORNEIL.

Vitnesses CLARENCE HANsoN, HENRY Pi-HLEEICK.

